Recent pollution incidents led to the project to constantly monitor water quality along the length of the River Test A scheme ...

Chalk-stream salmon should be officially classified as a sub-species, new research suggests. Scientists from the University of Exeter and INRAe (France) carried out detailed genetic testing of salmon ...

The mayfly hatch is one of those annual English miracles that manages to be both entirely predictable and endlessly ...

Surveying shows one of England’s important chalk streams has suffered “a decade of decline”, campaigners warn as they call for more action to protect the globally rare habitat. Monitoring at five ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The River Test attracts visitors from around the world for angling but has concerning levels of phosphate - Peter Titmuss Chemical ...

Salmon from the chalk streams of southern England are genetically unique, researchers have discovered. The fish are classified as Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), but research by the University of ...

The world has fewer than 300 chalk streams — and England has most of them. These streams occur only where chalk bedrock meets the Earth’s surface, making them globally rare. Their stable, cool, ...

More than 100 campaigners have marched alongside a rare chalk stream, calling for action to protect it from pollution. The Old Basing and Lychpit Environmental Campaign highlighted Thames Water's ...

Part of the river project focused on improving conditions for endangered water voles A £1.72m chalk river restoration project has been completed after two years of work which is set to enhance local ...